11/22 Volleyball vs. Maryland; 12/5 Women's Basketball vs. Georgia;
12/6 Men's Basketball vs. Vanderbilt.
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• 2007-08 Recipient of the J. Herb McAuley Freshman Unity Award
• Named to the 2007-08 ACC Academic Honor Roll
As A Freshman In 2007-08:
Recorded the sixth-best time on the team for the season with a 46.39 in the 50-free, which he posted at the ACC Championships ... Was also eighth on the squad with a 53.62 in the 100-fly and 11th in the 50-free after touching the wall in 21.41 ... Both of those times were recorded at the ACC Championships as well.
High School:
Three-year letterwinner under coach Rebecca Von Ooslendorp and coach Kay Pruitt ... Four-year letterwinner in basketball under coach Charles Beene ... One-year letterwinner in football under coach Sampson ... Won state championship in 50 and 100 yd free ... All-Area and all-District in basketball during senior year ... First African American to hold Mississippi high school record ... Senior and junior class president ... National Honor Society ... Beta Club ... Drum major in band, SADD club, mu alpha theta, hall of fame honors for high school, student council president, graduated with special honors.
Personal: Born Jeffrey DeWayne Phillips on July 27, 1989, in Oxford, Miss. ... Son of Willie and Clarise Phillips ... Has three sisters, Clarrissa Childress, Kimberly Jones and Moesha and one older brother, Jamie ... Majoring in bio-medical engineering.
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